Tottenham sign Serge Aurier from Paris Saint-Germain

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Tottenham have completed the £23 million signing of Ivory Coast international Serge Aurier from Paris Saint-Germain.

Aurier, 24, has signed a contract until 2022 after he was granted clearance by the Home Office.

On Wednesday, the right-back was told that the French courts had downgraded the criminal conviction he received for assaulting a police officer last year, allowing him to successfully submit a normal work permit application.

“This is a huge and exciting opportunity at a massive football club and I am determined to prove myself as a professional both on and off the pitch,” he told Spurs’ official website.

“This is a fresh start for me and I will do everything to make the Spurs fanbase, which is huge and diverse, proud of me. The fans are the most important people at any club and I am looking forward to showing them and everyone at Spurs the real Serge Aurier.”

A message on PSG’s website read: “Paris Saint-Germain thanks Serge for the fighting spirit he always showed in the red-and-blue shirt and wishes him all the very best for the new challenges that await him at his new club in London.”

Spurs have been in the market for a new right-back after selling Kyle Walker to Manchester City for a deal worth up to £50m in July, and Aurier follows centre-back Davinson Sanchez, goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga and defender Juan Foyth in making the move to North London this summer.

Aurier joined PSG, initially on loan, from Toulouse in 2014 and he has made 54 Ligue 1 appearances in three seasons with the French club, while he has 41 caps for his country.